Year: 2008

BY BULATLAT An anti-mining activist was killed by unidentified men two days before Christmas, an environmentalist group in Compostela Valely said. Fernando Sarmiento, 39, secretary general of Panalipdan-Southern Mindanao Region (SMR), was killed by still unidentified men, December 23, around 7 p.m. at Purok 1, Barangay Cabinuangan, New Bataan, Compostela Valley Province. Francis Morales, spokesperson…

Members of the progressive party-list bloc at the House of Representatives walked out of the session hall, December 17, as their colleagues adopted Joint Resolution No. 19. They said they decided not to be a party to the landlord-dominated House of Representatives’ “pretensions, and deception of the Filipino peasantry and the people” in extending the ‘bogus’ Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), which was further emasculated with the removal of the compulsory acquisition scheme.

At the rate she is going, Mrs. Arroyo will have more than a pair of shoes thrown at her when she is finally booted out of Malacanang. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/ Business World Posted by Bulatlat The year ends with two of the most hated political figures in recent history, US President George W. Bush,…

As 2008 nears its end, many Filipinos conclude that their dire plight got unbearably worse this year. More and more urban poor families speak with anguish about their impoverished state while adamantly stressing the need for “radical change”. BY JEFFREY OCAMPO YEAREND REPORT – URBAN POOR (Bulatlat.com) A new year is commencing. Looking back at…

“Fascism will never come to America as fascism. It will come as 100 percent Americanism.” Huey Long “When fascism come to America, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross” Sinclair Lewis BY DR. HALUK GERGER INTERNATIONAL Posted by Bulatlat After the Second World War, the US imperialism had premeditated two immediate objectives…

An interfaith group deemed as a positive step the release of a video footage of a prisoner of war (POW) held by the New People’s Army (NPA). BY DAVAO TODAY Posted by(Bulatlat.com) The Interfaith Movement for Peace and the Release of Cammayo and Tumol (IMPACT) welcomed the recently released video footage of 1Lt. Vicente Cammayo…

Just how important was the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) to the Moro people? BY GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today Posted by(Bulatlat.com) DAVAO CITY—Just how important was the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) to the Moro people? Mohagher Iqbal, the chief negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), said the…

As with any event that pushes history forward, when you click the play button over and over to watch Muntanzer al-Zaidi mumble something in Arabic that we now know meant “This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!,” the question inevitably arises – Why hasn’t this happened before? BY AARON LAKE SMITH…

When Iraq’s violence escalates, President Obama better not be caught on his heels when he’s blamed for losing Bush’s “win.” By Ben Lando AlterNet INTERNATIONAL Posted by Bulalat After four hours stuck in Baghdad traffic, I was close enough to get out of the car and walk to my hotel. I’m sure it was raw…

In the midst of rampant human rights violations in the country allegedly perpetrated by the state’s armed forces and intelligence agencies, human rights groups and advocates lament that the government is not making any move towards resolving them. The media, they say, is likewise falling short of its responsibility of bringing the issue close to…

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